John 5:1-3 KJV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:2

Verse 2 2.There was in Jerusalem, at the sheep-market, a pool. The circumstance of the place is added, from which we learn that the miracle was not concealed or known to a few persons only; for the five porches show that the place was celebrated for the great number of persons who resorted to it, and this was also implied in its vicinity to the temple. Besides, the Evangelist expressly says that many diseased persons lay there With respect to the meaning of the name, the learned justly reject... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:3

Verse 3 3.In these lay a great multitude. It is possible that diseased persons lay in the porches to ask alms when the people were passing there who were going into the temple to worship; and there, too, it was customary to purchase the beasts which were to be offered in sacrifice. Yet at each feast God cured a certain number, that, in this way, he might recommend the worship prescribed in the Law and the holiness of the temple. But might it not appear foolish to believe, while we read of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1

II. THE CONFLICT WITH THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN JERUSALEM , GALILEE , AND JERUSALEM , TO THE DEATH SENTENCE RECORDED BY THE SANHEDRIN . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1

The journey to Jerusalem is said to have taken place at the time of "a feast," or "the feast of the Jews." £ After these things ( μετα ταῦτα ) . Suggesting a number of events, not necessarily connected with each other. (For the latter idea of a period expressed by μετα τοῦτο see John 2:12 and John 11:7 , John 11:11 ; for μετα ταῦτα , see John 6:1 and John 21:1 . etc.) There was the feast of the Jews. Now, "the feast" of the Jews could hardly be any other than the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-9

(1) A sign on a paralyzed body and an unsusceptible soul. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-9

The cure of the impotent man. The scene changes once more to Jerusalem. There unbelief develops very rapidly, and. there is a foreshadowing of the dread reality: "It cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem." Jesus finds himself once more in the very focus of controversy. I. THE TIME OF THIS MIRACLE . "After these things there was a feast of the Jews." It is generally believed that this was the Feast of Purim. 1 . It was not one of the three great feasts. 2 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-9

The Help of the helpless. Here we have— I. JESUS ATTRACTED BY MISERY . Why was Jesus found at Bethesda? Because there were such misery and need. He was ever found where he was most wanted, and where he might do most good. He was not found in places of luxury, but in the haunts of misery. 1 . The misery was great. There was presented to the eye of Jesus there such pain, degradation, poverty, and misery, physical, mental, and moral, as could scarcely be described, and all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-47

1. Christ proved, by signs and wonders and testimonies, to be Source of life. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:2

Now there is in Jerusalem. A phrase denoting intimate acquaintance with the topography of the city, and the present tense suggests either a hint of a ruin yet existing after the fall of Jerusalem, or it may betray the fact that the evangelist wrote down at the very time some details of the incident which formed the occasion of the following discourse, and never, in his later editing of the document, omitted or altered the form of his sentence. At the sheep ( market ) or ( gate ) ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:3-4

In these (porches) lay a multitude of sick folk, blind, lame, withered, [ waiting for the moving of the water; for an angel went down season by season into the pool, and troubled the waters: he then that first stepped in after the troubling of the water became whole of whatsoever disease he had]. £ The interesting gloss discussed below conveys the idea of magical cure, without moral significance, and attributes such cure to angelic ministry. This is the natural and popular... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:1-47

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - John 5:3-4

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